X received a fine of 120 million euros from the EU Commission

Elon Musk’s social media service X received a 120 million euro fine from the EU competition authorities for violating EU content rules.

The decision was the first of its kind.

According to the news agency Reuters, it is believed to lead to countermeasures in the United States. President Donald Trump’s the administration has criticized the EU for censoring Americans’ freedom of expression.

According to the EU Commission, the legislation does not target any nationality, but exclusively defends digital and democratic rights.

Competition authorities the decision is based on a two-year investigation and the new EU digital services regulation (DSA).

It obliges digital platforms to remove illegal and harmful content.

The message the basis is X’s illegal activity: a misleading check mark, flaws in the transparency of advertising activities, and limiting researchers’ access to data.

EU Commissioner for Digital Affairs Henna Virkkunen According to

“It is important to underline that DSA has nothing to do with censorship,” Virkkunen said, according to Reuters.

of the United States vice president J.D. Vance had time to resent the fine in X even before the decision came out.

“Rumor has it that the EU Commission is fining X hundreds of millions of dollars for failing to censor. The EU should support free speech and not attack American companies for spam,” he wrote in his post.

X did not immediately comment on the fines.

Addition on December 6, 2025 at 4:40 p.m. Added a sentence about the basis of the fine.